In this muzzleloader whitetail hunt, John films his cousin Andrew during the opening day of the early muzzleloader doe season in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Andrew is using a .50 Caliber Thompson Center Hawken Flintlock Muzzleloader with a patched roundball.

Follow John Royer as he portrays a historical frontier longhunter in western Pennsylvania. John shows various winter scenes as he hunts old growth forests in search of whitetail deer with his .50 cal blackpowder muzzleloader. John also builds a fire using flint, steel and char cloth during a mid January thaw.